REDSCOUT: Strategy Director
Location: US, NY, New York

Company profile:
We are not your average Monday mail recruiters. We are here to align stars and connect dots, not just match titles with positions &amp; salary demands with salary offerings. Our approach is simple; we read between the lines to see YOU. Both of you. Employer and employee. You &amp; Them is the most personal, innovative and open-minded professional recruiting can be. Or should be. Our network is a community of people with the same mentality; that work is a part of our lives and not the other way around. A creative community of great minds who seek minds that think alike.You &amp; Them is Us. Real people. Nice to meet you.

Job description:
Directors at Redscout are brilliant brand thinkers inspiring clients and their teams with innovative ideas and work. This position will serve as the leader and mentor for a talented teamof Scouts, driving multiple projects, building and growing client relationships, and supporting the continued growth and development of Redscout’s innovation practice. Our best Directors can create teams based in their own strengths and work on industries/projects that are of particular interest to them.Great Strategic Directors Will:• Drive a variety of project types from brand positioning and product ideationto innovation and portfolio strategy• Create, and inspire in others, great innovations, “aha” moments and strategicbreakthroughs• Wow clients with thinking and develop favored advisor relationships withkey stakeholders at client companies. Over time becomes a driver of businessgrowth with existing clients• Tell great stories, construct rigorous narratives and presentations that explainand add drama to work• Use their rich cultural knowledge to elevate work• Develop and write concepts and create frameworks for new products• Develop insights through creative research methodologies as well as trainingfor Scouts in more traditional techniques• Use workshops and understand different methodologies for developing greatideas and creating buyoff inside organizations• Command a room when presenting and help others become better, moreconfident presenters• Independently drive multiple projects with their team and keep an eye onworkflow and upcoming deliverables• Be flexible to work with and quickly redirect a project if problems emerge• Work with industrial and graphic design to iteratively create brilliant newinnovations and ideas• Hire and mentor a team of brilliant Scouts, taking the time to give feedbackand teach

Requirements:
Our positioning that innovation is your greatest from of marketing means successful Strategic Directors often arrive with a deep knowledge and passion for brands and marketing. They may have a background working as planners at Creative agencies, but possess a desire to move upstream and work on the product itself, not simply the advertising. We find this base of interest and passion to be more important than a deep knowledge of the innovation process and techniques.Our Ideal Candidate Will:• Have significant experience in strategy at a sought-after creative marketing/ advertising agency• Have worked on notable strategic thinking for a client• Be considered a hot resource at their company that others try and bring into as many projects as possible• Be a valued partner direct partner to clients and a person they directly call• Have worked on some large clients and understand how to navigate these organizations• Have worked in the US or internationally• Have managed a team of talented strategists

Benefits:
Redscout is an innovation agency that is dedicated to creating new, prosperous futures for ambitious brands and businesses. We understand that the best way to change a consumer’s perception of a brand is to change the way they experience it. We are organized around the belief that Innovation is the most powerful form of marketing. Our team invents, prototypes and commercializes new products, services and experiences that help brands realize their potential in profound new ways. We work with a diverse roster of clients (large and small) that span food and beverage, e-commerce, financial services, beauty, and fashion. We have constructed breakthrough solutions for clients such as Pepsi, Gatorade, Domino’s, Miller Coors, and Kate Spade.Founded in 2000, Redscout is currently growing fast and is hiring at multiple levels to keep pace. The company brings together a diverse team of nearly 60 strategists, innovators, and designers who come from all over the world. We have hubs in San Francisco and New York and are a member of the MDC Partners network.